The Law Firm (basketball)
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The Law Firm of Clark and Czinano, also known as The Law Firm, were a duo of college basketball players consisting of Caitlin Clark and Monika Czinano, who both played for the Iowa Hawkeyes from 2020 to 2023. Developed under head coach Lisa Bluder, they were one of the top duos in NCAA Division I, leading Iowa to the 2023 national championship game, two Big Ten tournament titles and one Big Ten regular season title.
Lightly recruited out of high school, Czinano was a reserve for Megan Gustafson in her freshman season at Iowa in 2018–19, before becoming the team's top post player as a sophomore in 2019–20. Clark was one of the top recruits in her class and joined the Hawkeyes in Czinano's junior season in 2020–21 as a starting guard.[1] The duo was nicknamed "The Law Firm of Clark and Czinano," or simply "The Law Firm," by Big Ten Network analyst Christy Winters-Scott, and the nickname subsequently gained popularity among Iowa fans.[2][3] They benefited from Clark's gravity as a three-point shooter, which spread out defenses and opened passing lanes between Clark and Czinano, as well as Czinano's improved shooting touch.[4][5]